26、Money is all surrounding us．Every day, we see it, use it, and it is on the tip of our tongue．Did you ever stop to consider where the money you carry around every day comes from?

       Making new money is a very unique job and no easy task．It has up to 65 steps. When the money in use gets dirty and worn out, it is replaced with new money. The old money is taken from banks and brought to places where it is destroyed. Usually, the old money is burned．The burned money is replaced by new paper money.

       If old money is being replaced, then new money is printed in a place called a mint（造幣廠）．Large sheets of paper are printed with many pictures of some currency （流通貨幣）．These large sheets are cut into individual bills．The individual bills are then put together in big stacks and then sent to banks．

       Sometimes the mint will make a new bill with a new picture （phtotos of statesman and places of interest are favoured） or a new colour. It is not easy for the government to make a new bill. It takes a long time, and there are many steps to go through before a new bill can be sent to banks. First, people in the government decide that a new kind of bill is needed. Then, they ask an artist to design the new bill．A different artist cuts the new picture into a soft piece of metal called a die．The dies are made and put onto large printing machines．Then, very special paper is used, which no one but the mint can have．Along with this special paper, the mint also prints currency using special colours．After the dies print the new currency onto the paper, the bills are cut, stacked, and sent off to the banks．

64．From the passage we know that

       A．banks make new money.

       B．it takes 65 procedures to make new money.

       C．mints decide what kind of bill is needed.

       D．old money that is not used is forever stored in a special place

65．We can infer from the passage that a die is ____

      A．something for dead people.

       B．a(chǎn) special machine that prints the money.

       C．a(chǎn) special piece of paper that the money is made from.

      D．a(chǎn) piece of metal that puts the picture on the money.

66．'Which of the following shows the right order of dealing with new money?

       ①New money is printed in a mint．

       ②Bills are cut from large sheets of special paper．

       ③New money is sent in large amounts to banks．

       ④The government decides to make new money．

       A．①②③④    B．④③②①     C．④①③②      D．④①②③

67．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

       A．The reason for making new money．

       B．The processes of making a new bill．

       C．The amount of new money needed．

D．Things used．to make new money or a new bill．

25、（2011·桂林十八校第一次月考）23. This stranger is familiar _________this area.

A. to          B. for         C. with         D. in

24、（2011·寧夏銀川一中第一次月考）34．_____ money, the man was very rich, but he was not happy at all.

       A．In spite of        B．In favor of       C．In terms of     D．In need of

23、（2011·貴州遵義四中第一次月考）11. —Are you free after school?

—Sorry: I’ve planned to treat a friend of mine to dinner        for his help.

A. in terms      B. in honor    C. in turn     D. in return

22、（2011·廣西桂林中學第一次月考）32. His best-known work that is ___ all praise can be seen in the museum.

A. with           B. beyond       C. without         D. within

21、The girl in plain clothes,       was wonderfully calm in face of danger, was just sixteen years old.

  A．when                 B．which                 C．what                  D．who

20、 Life is like a long race        we compete with others to go beyond ourselves.

A. why     B. what     C. that       D. where

19、Europe has achieved more in controlling the AIDS virus than Asia in the past ten years, _________ the number of people infected with the virus is going up sharply.

A. when              B. that                   C. so that              D. where

18、—Was ___ Bill, ___ played basketball very well, ____ helped the blind man cross the road?

—Yes, of course. He is always ready to help others.

A. it; that; who    B. this; who; that          C. which; that; that     D. it; who; that